Azed Competition No. 66 Azed Slip | ◀ 62 | 70 ▶ | Other competitions | 
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ordStats| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Jun 1973 | NONSENSE | normal | 27 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | C. O. Butcher | A bit of silliness – being in love is just that | s ens in none |
| Second | S. Goldie | Pish-Tushery? Japanese drama with small currency in all quarters but the West | no + sen in N, S, E; ref. The Mikado |
| Third | D. V. Harry | In reverse, going backward, backward, backward – BAM! | on (rev.) + ESN ESN (rev.); ESN = educationally subnormal |
| VHC | Mrs E. Allen | Being on the Sabbath, nobody comes round for the rubbish | S + ens, all in none |
| VHC | C. Allen Baker | Humbug… God’s being taken in by no part of it | ’s ens in none; ’s = God’s |
| VHC | F. D. H. Atkinson | Man’s last oneness shattered by Babel | n + anag. |
| VHC | E. J. Burge | It’s not illuminating – no gas – put decimal coin (5p) in | sen s in no Ne; Ne = neon; s = shilling |
| VHC | E. Chalkley | Anne’s heart, full of love and understanding, didn’t dictate this unromantic reply | 0 in (A)nn(e) + sense |
| VHC | J. Gill | Like all monster stories, Ness disturbed – not one seen around | anag. in none |
| VHC | D. Hawson | Verse from Lear spoken by the Fool | 2 mngs.; ref. King L., Edward L. |
| VHC | Mrs S. Hewitt | Fudge, stale since nobody has eaten it | sens in none; sens (obs.) |
| VHC | R. E. Kimmons | Not classical, tenor, pop! | non + sense; pop = poppycock |
| VHC | Dr P. D. King | Grass is lying about name put before copper: it’s obviously false | n sen in nose; nose, grass = informer |
| VHC | J. H. C. Leach | Logician’s last to appreciate this stuff | n + on + sense; on = to |
| VHC | P. W. W. Leach | Paris negatives – slyly seen stuff. What next? | nons + anag.; ref. stuff and n. |
| VHC | L. F. Leason | Stuff supplied by nark split by northern coppers | N sen in nose; nose, nark = informer |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | Nobody should go round bemonstered Ness in moonshine | anag. in none |
| VHC | H. W. Massingham | E.g., no retarded grades are backward | no + ESN ESN (rev.), & lit.; ESN = educationally subnormal |
| VHC | W. L. Miron | Lear’s lines, spoken by Fool | 2 mngs.; ref. King L., Edward L. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | It’s absurd the President putting out his second and third interpretation | N(ix)on, sense; ref. Watergate |
| VHC | M. Newman | Tripe and onions (cored) seen in hash | anag. incl. on(io)ns |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | Tripe and onions being English I love – they’re super | (0)n(I)ons ens E; super = supernumerary |
| VHC | Dr R. J. Palmer | End of Lambton and member of upper house, caught by snooper trifling | n + Sen., all in nose; ref. Anthony L., MP in tabloid scandal |
| VHC | E. Robinson | Postulating that there is no north, being in the south-east, is balderdash | no N + ens in SE |
| VHC | W. K. M. Slimmings | Nobody’s to eat bits from a mint humbug | sens in none |
| VHC | Rev L. M. Styler | Play duplicate with teams two short? It’s absurd | no4 + NSE, NSE; ref. bridge |
| VHC | Mrs M. P. Webber | Trifling with an indefinite number is a strange way of achieving oneness | n + anag. |
HCs in competition 66 awarded to: